date:Nov 02, 2012
e issues are appropriated addressed on a motion to dismiss, ABC lawyers wrote in a memo to the court. Indeed, it is vitally important that they be addressed at the outset, because libel claims directly challenge free speech, and the mere pendency of these cases threatens to inhibit additional speech.
In September, BPI filed its lawsuit against ABC News, journalists including Diane Sawyer, former government officials and an ex-employee of the meat company. The South Dakota-based meat company cl